English > hitting: 1 sense > noun 1, act| Meaning | The act of contacting one thing with another. |
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| Example | "repeated hitting raised a large bruise" |
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| Synonyms | hit, striking |
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| Narrower | bunt | (baseball) the act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat |
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| contusion | The action of bruising |
| crash, smash | The act of colliding with something |
| fly, fly ball | (baseball) a hit that flies up in the air |
| grounder, ground ball, groundball, hopper | (baseball) a hit that travels along the ground |
| header | (soccer) the act of hitting the ball with your head |
| plunk, plunker | (baseball) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly |
| scorcher, screamer | A very hard hit ball |
| Broader | touch, touching | The act of putting two things together with no space between them |
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| Spanish | apaleamiento, golpeo |
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| Verbs | hit | hit with a missile from a weapon |
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| hit | hit the intended target or goal |
| hit | deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument |
| hit | hit against |
| hit | cause to move by striking |